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English Language Teaching News | Edition 52006 | |
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Deadline for British Council ELTeCS project proposals, spring 2006 (1) / Evaluation and evolution of ELTeCS projects scheme (2) (Reminder message sent to ELTeCS list members by Penny Trigg, Manager English Language Networking, British Council, penny.trigg@britishcouncil.org) (1) The submission deadline for the spring round 2006 of ELTeCS project proposals is 1 May. Please send your proposals to penny.trigg@britishcouncil.org Decisions on successful projects will be communicated to project teams as quickly as possible in May and June. If you are intending to start your project in April, and you would like to submit your project proposal for early consideration before the deadline, please do so. Similarly, if you are intending to start your project in May or June, and you need a quick decision from us, we will do our best to get back to you as early as we can. Please consult the advice and guidelines at www.britishcouncil.org/eltecs-projects-funding.htm to ensure your project proposal meets the ELTeCS criteria of feasibility, regionality, impact, creativity and relevance, follow up and dissemination, resources and budget. If you were thinking of submitting a project proposal later this year, please read the following (2), as there will be no autumn round in 2006. Consequently, you will need to consider bringing forward your proposal and submitting it in the spring round. If you are unable to bring forward your project proposal for the 1 May deadline, but you would be able to send your proposal to me before the end of July latest, please let me know very soon. (2) Management of the ELTeCS project fund will be reassessed following the spring project round 2006. We have run the ELTeCS project fund in its present form for around 5 years. Approximately 100 lively and innovative projects have been run by ELTeCS members in that period, contributing to an impressive bank of knowledge in the form of: (a) local and regional improved teacher practice and (b) reports on many projects in the ELTeCS website, that members can consult and make use of. It's time to evaluate the impact of the ELTeCS project fund. We at the British Council are looking at best ways of supporting teacher development through networks and communities of practice. We think it is important to address teacher development needs on a regional basis to suit different contexts and needs. This means that the spring 2006 ELTeCS project round will be the last in its present form, managed from the UK. We anticipate the ELTeCS project programme will continue in a new form - or forms. One of the scenarios to be looked at is how to move management of the programme from the UK to the world regions. The evaluation exercise will tell us how to get the best out of the programme. |
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(Sent on behalf of Nikolov Marianne, University of Pécs, Hungary, nikolov@nostromo.pte.hu) |
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(Sent on behalf of Sarah Chadwick, Partner Finding Officer, British Council, sarah.chadwick@britishcouncil.org, who accepts initial enquiries) Widewell Primary School Main language : English Other languages : German Type : Primary (ages 5-11); Mixed Provision for special education needs : Some pupils are SEN; there are specialised staff Setting : Urban Internet facilities : e-mail; www Involved in existing partnership : no Our school is situated on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. We are also a short distance from the sea, so we have got countryside and seaside on our doorstep. We are a fairly small school of about 190 children who are taught in mixed age range classes. We are friendly school commited to the children and enriching their lives. We have just started teaching German to all children from the age of 7 to 11. We are looking for a school in Germany that is teaching basic English to their pupils. It would be great to create a link for these children and make their learning of German real. |
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This two-week course offers both theoretical and practical sessions in the development of language tests to participants involved in the field of language testing from around the world. Morning sessions usually include input on: - the principles of language testing [validity, reliability and practicality] Afternoon sessions focus on the practical side of test development providing participants opportunities to: Introduction to Classical Test Theory During the morning sessions, participants are taken through the worksheets together, while the afternoons provide participants with the time to re-visit these worksheets or carry out similar analyses on their own data sets. Introduction to Modern Test Theory During the morning sessions, participants are taken through the worksheets together, while the afternoons provide participants with the time to re-visit these worksheets or carry out similar analyses on their own data sets. www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/languagetesting/lt2004.htm |
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